William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials
Collection — Box: 2339
Identifier: MSS-0523
Scope and Contents
The collection contains several items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers when they were students at the University of Alabama in the 1940s. The collection includes UA commencement programs for 1945 and 1946, organizational ribbons for the Student Government Association, the Women's Student Government Association, and Triangle, and an invitation to a dance from the "Girls of Tutwiler". The 1945 commencement program shows that Jennie Maude Shaw was awarded the Grover Cleveland Hall Memorial Award in her junior year and the 1946 program shows that she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Education degree and a certificate in Library Science.
There is also a library card for William Baker Flowers with a note written across the face of the card "left school 3/18/43".
There is also a library card for William Baker Flowers with a note written across the face of the card "left school 3/18/43".
Dates
- 1943-1946
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Jennie Maude Shaw, daughter of James S. and Eunice Shaw, was born about 1925. She was a student at the University of Alabama an graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a certificate in Library Science. In 1945 she received the Grover Cleveland Hall Memorial Award. She married William Baker Flowers on 28 September 1947
William Baker Flowers, son of John Robert and Kathleen Flowers, was born on 5 May 1920. He was also a student at the University of Alabama until leaving school in March 1943 when he enlisted in the Army during World War II. He died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in September 1975.
William Baker Flowers, son of John Robert and Kathleen Flowers, was born on 5 May 1920. He was also a student at the University of Alabama until leaving school in March 1943 when he enlisted in the Army during World War II. He died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in September 1975.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (8 items)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers as students at the University of Alabama, including commencement programs, SGA and WSGA ribbons, Triangle ribbon, library card, and invitation to a dance
Provenance
gift of Jennie Shaw Flowers
General
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Processed by
Megan Quillivan and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Title
- Guide to the William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository